The Emilia Romagna, may 2012 earthquake sequence. The influence of the vertical earthquake component and related geoscientific and engineering aspects

Ingegneria Sismica

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 31-58

  Carydis, Panayotis ^a   Castiglioni, Carlo ^b   Lekkas, Efthymis ^c   Kostaki, Irene ^c   Lebesis, Nikolaos ^a   Drei, Alberto ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Structural Engineering Department   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Apennines po plain seismotectonics; Cultural heritage damage; Earthquake reconnaissance; Prefabricated industrial buildings; Rack steel structures; Strong motion records; Vertical seismic component

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HERITAGES; EARTHQUAKE RECONNAISSANCE; INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRONG MOTION RECORDS; VERTICAL SEISMIC COMPONENT;

DEBRIS; FRICTION; LIGHT WEIGHT STRUCTURES; LIQUEFACTION; NANOCANTILEVERS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS; ROOFS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TIMBER; TRUSSES; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 84870222945     PISSN: 03931420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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